great lakes institute of management chennai

Founded in 2004 with a vision of becoming the leading Management Institution in India providing Quality Education at an affordable cost and Human Capital for Emerging Economies, Great Lakes has, in these 10 years of its existence, indeed made great strides in ManagementEducation. What perhaps sets it apart from the others are its constituent members – globally acknowledged faculty, enterprising students and the members of its Advisory councils.Great Lakes’ Business Advisory Council and Academic Advisory Council consists of luminaries; truly the who’s who from the sphere of business and management education. But what’s more important is that such exalted individuals inspire and provide the guiding light to the young aspiring business leaders of tomorrow. Great Lakes, unlike many other management institutions, believes in the power of imagination and freedom of ideas. The students are encouraged to advance their knowledge by questioning conventions and established frameworks. A carefully drawn up course curriculum also ignites the passion to achieve – which is what puts the Great Lakers on a high flying career graph. Testimony to this is the fact that every student who has graduated out of the institution has found a firm ground to grow into a global business leader of tomorrow. Great Lakes truly has excellence in its soul and believes in sharing and growing. Hence, it has formed collaborations with some of the finest international institutions for exchange of knowledge and skills in preparation for the next decade of its excellence and growth.

The program has a clear focus on emerging economies and their growth. An AICTE approved program, PGDM offers a unique and nonpareil coverage of the economies of China, Far-East, Latin America and Africa in comparison to the India growth story. The PGDM has been designed by the Great Lakes Academic Advisory Council, which comprises the best in the world of managerial academia. This in turn has been streamlined with inputs from the Institute’s illustrious Business Advisory Council, to keep it in sync with the needs of an ever changing market place. The course helps the students to develop into business-ready managers, capable of responding to complex business requirements that arise in a changing global business environment.